Suspended Memories - Forgotten Gods

Suspended Memories | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 1993)
• Original Release Date: March 2, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hearts of Space
• ASIN: B000000X67
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,097 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #66 in Music > Rock > Progressive > Electronic
  • #97 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > General AAS
  • #97 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > General

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Awesome..., March 21, 2003

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John Grunwell (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suspended Memories - Forgotten Gods (Audio CD)

The CD is worth hearing for "Mutual Tribes" alone. It's skimming across the surface of the primordial soup in a UFO with your soul being stretched and bent in all sorts of ways it wasn't meant to. This is one of the most extraordinary recordings I've ever heard, and really opening my ears to the work of Roach, Rich and their ilk. I'd previously dismissed such music as New Agey fluff, but there's absolutely nothing fluffy or silly about this work. The music is a vivid depiction of a timeless, and a brilliant collaboration between the three musicians. It's a sonic ayahuasca dream. A careful listen to the many tracks will reveal a great deal of understated, processed guitar work from Saiz, and it's one of the key atmosphere-setting sounds on the album. Overall, and outstanding recording. If you want innovative music that takes you places inside the dimly-lit, sticky, wet and warm parts of your lizard brain, this is it.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deep canyon impressions., June 4, 2000

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Laurent COUQUIAUD (Lagny, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suspended Memories - Forgotten Gods (Audio CD)

Ancestral, dreamlike, profound, this reunion of three electronic music wizards (Roach, Reyes, Saiz), is a percussion masterpiece! They create intoxicating soundworlds with an arsenal of percussion instruments: claypots, frame drums, rain sticks, etc. I particularly like the passage "Ritual Noise" for its brisk rain stick tempo and grand finale. The immersion into the vast sounds of "Forgotten Gods" can be a bit haunting at times with Reyes'syncopated vocals and flute harmonics. At other times, the shamanistic temperament of the music shifts to the softer terrains of dreams and melancholy. The overall structure of "Forgotten Gods" is well-balanced because polyrhythmic patterns alternate with serene electroacoustic passages. Perhaps the best moment to get lost in the fullness of your imagination is when you listen to "Distant Look". Feel your stare sweep across vast expanses as the piece starts with a nice acoustic guitar melody over some lush synthetizer layers. The strength of this album is the synergy between ancestral music instruments and spatial sound design: you can actually feel each artist's instrumentation nourish the whole project. I strongly recommend this CD for those who want to go deeper into the realm of ethno-ambient music.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic., May 20, 2000

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D.M.K "smart reader" (Las Vegas, Nevada United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suspended Memories - Forgotten Gods (Audio CD)

Jorge Reyes and Steve Roach are the best combinations for either artist. Both artists are absolutely great on their own...when they play together although, something magical happens that cannot be described..I cant recomend this CD any higher...